Two hundred down and a lot more to come! This week, we cram a whole lot into our bicentennial episode, including Criminal: Last of the Innocent and Fatale by Brubaker and Phillips, Dennis Hopeless and Kevin Mellon's Lovestruck from Image, American Barbarian by Tom Scioli from AdHouse, the Gary Friedrich Marvel fallout, The Mask from John Arcudi and Doug Mahnke from Dark Horse, John Severin, Skinner: Every Man Is My Enemy from Gingko Press, Critical Hit, and ZeroFriends, Jonathan Ross and Tommy Lee Edwards' Turf from Image, Smoke Gignal #1 (Ben Marra, Michael DeForge, Bill Griffiths, Harvey Pekar, Tony Millionaire, Charles Burns, Sam Henderson, and more), Sleeper, Venom: Circle of Four, Peter Panzerfaust from Kurtis Wiebe and Tyler Jenkins, and a whole mess more!

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! It's almost an all Alan Moore episode as we spend a nice stretch talking about The Courtyard and Neonomicon from Avatar and DC's recent release of cover art and creative teams for the forthcoming suite of Before Watchmen prequel miniseries! After the dust settles, we manage to scrape together enough time to cover Spider Island, Shaky Kane's Monster Truck from Image, Heavy Metal: Iron Man Vs. X-O Manowar from Marvel and Valiant, Jeff Lemire and Sweet Tooth, Avengers: Childrens' Crusade, Matt Kindt on Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E., and a whole mess more!